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Families are being torn apart, coworker is pitted against coworker, and my Twitter feed has turned into a war zone. It’s no surprise, really. If my 10 years of blogging and 5 years on Twitter have taught me anything, it’s that nothing riles up Winnipeggers like transportation issues, and opening up Portage and Main is…

The Saskatchewan Legislature sits on the edge of the sprawling and picturesque Wascana Park in Regina. Directly across from the Legislative grounds, on park property, sits a small encampment of tents, a teepee and a cluster of signs calling for justice. Prescott Demas, the caretaker of the camp, has kept a sacred fire burning in…

There has been a lot of talk, and some confusion, about whether Brian Pallister is dodging a luxury tax on his home in Costa Rica. Here’s what we know so far on two connected but different issues: 1) Has Pallister ducked a tax bill?: The Free Press reported on April 4th that Pallister’s holding company…

Every day I drive to work. I get in my little pickup truck, fire up the 4.0l V6 engine, and spend 40 minutes expelling greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and swearing under my breath at the boneheads I share the road with. I once was a bus rider. Even after I moved to the…

Way back in 1913, a rapidly expanding Winnipeg pushed the Winnipeg Canoe Club golf course out of its previous home into the middle of a planned residential development just across the Red River. Here it stayed, providing generations of golfers with a space to socialize and knock some balls around. You can still sense the…

The ongoing saga of Upper Fort Garry dragged on into it’s 10th year this week as the Friends of Upper Fort Garry pushed for an extension on their use of a non-compliant parking lot. You may recall that 2 years ago The Friends received special permission to operate a gravel parking lot adjacent to the…

It’s a question that comes up repeatedly in Winnipeg, and I suspect many other cities: Is downtown safe? If it’s NOT safe, then what can we do to make it safe? If it IS safe, then how do we change the perception that it’s not? A casual forum was organized this afternoon to discuss a…